Trade unions and action research

There is little or no tradition of action research outputs reaching the mainstream industrial relations and work sociology literatures. The aim of this research note is to address why this is so and argue for an action research agenda for work with unions that entails the researcher assuming the role of change agent to facilitate union capacity building or developing workplaces for better jobs. A key issue is how such an agenda can be advanced that does not compromise the integrity of the researcher or the quality of research output. This, we argue, is worth exploring as a means for putting union research onto a more interventionist footing. However, we also suggest that the successful pursuit of such an agenda depends on meeting a number of methodological challenges.

Björkman, Hans,1960Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)hansbjo (författare)
Huzzard, TonyLund University,Lunds universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Department of Business Administration,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM(Swepub:lu)fek-thu (författare)
Lunds universitetChalmers tekniska högskola (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Work, Employment and Society: SAGE Publications26:1, s. 161-1710950-01701469-8722

Av författaren/redakt...: Hellström, Andre ...; Björkman, Hans, ...; Huzzard, Tony

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